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From beginning to the moon, we scale with you.

Form the company, take your first payment, put your round to work and pay your first contractor, on one set of building blocks.

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A founder hurries in with an idea: start Quillfox, an AI note-taking company whose logo is a fox with a pen nib for a chin. First, Company setup: Quillfox, Inc. is formed, a Delaware C-corp, with its certificate of incorporation, EIN confirmation and bylaws. Then Banking: the operating account opens and a revenue chart appears at $0. Then Payments, Hosted checkout, Payment links and Fast Checkout: the first subscriber pays $49, and monthly revenue takes off, up and to the right to about $210,000 by year 3. On the way up come Tax, sales tax collected at checkout; Compliance, W-9s on file for 8 contractors; and Company management, every deadline on one calendar. Then, in years 2 and 3, the same blocks come back each filing season: 1099s filed before January 31, and Delaware franchise tax paid with the annual report by March 1.

Everything in the order you need it.

Start with one block or combine many, with a single system of record underneath.

  1. Form

    Start the company

    A Delaware C-corp or an LLC in any state, with the founder paperwork done right and a bank account open from day one.

  2. Get paid

    Take your first payment

    Cards, bank payments, Apple Pay and Google Pay, one-time or recurring, from a link, a hosted checkout or your own app.

  3. Spend

    Put the round to work

    Cards for your team and your agents, spending straight from the account your round landed in, with limits.

  4. Pay people

    Pay your first contractor

    ACH and wires to contractors and vendors, with their W-9s collected and 1099s filed.

  5. Stay clean

    Keep the books and the company in order

    Books that match your bank, sales tax where you owe it, and every state deadline kept.

How Quillfox uses every block.

All sixteen blocks, in six combinations that work together.

Start the company

Formed, banked and kept in good standing.

  • Company setupQuillfox, Inc. is formed in Delaware, with founder stock issued and an EIN from the IRS.
  • BankingThe seed round lands in an interest-bearing account, where every payment arrives and every payout starts.
  • Company managementFranchise tax and the annual report filed every March, and each board consent kept with the stock ledger.

Get paid

From the first $49 subscriber to annual team plans.

  • PaymentsPro plans at $49 a month, by card or bank, renewing on their own.
  • Hosted checkoutSignup hands off to a checkout in Quillfox's colors, with monthly and annual plans.
  • Payment linksSales sends team plans as a link in an email, paid without a call.
  • Fast CheckoutBuyers who've paid a Cedar business before check out with Cedar Go in one tap.

Keep renewals coming

Cards kept safe, and a second chance when a charge fails.

  • Token vaultSaved cards live in a vault Quillfox owns, so renewals can run on any processor.
  • Payments orchestrationA renewal declined by one processor is retried on another before the subscriber churns.

Spend and pay people

Cards for the team, pay for contractors, forms for the IRS.

  • Cards and Spend managementCards for the team and for the agents that buy API credits, each with its own limit.
  • PayoutsContractors paid by ACH, and the designer in Lisbon by international wire.
  • ComplianceW-9s and W-8BENs collected up front, and 1099s filed every January.

Keep the books

Every dollar categorized, and sales tax filed where it's owed.

  • AccountingEvery payment, payout and card purchase lands in QuickBooks, matched to the bank to the cent.
  • TaxSales tax collected at checkout in the states that tax software, and filed each period.

Know who's who

One book of everyone, and checks before money moves.

  • CRMEvery subscriber and contractor in one book, with a list of accounts at risk to win back.
  • KYC and KYBAffiliates who resell Quillfox are verified, and their bank accounts checked, before their first commission.

Cedar for StartupsFor venture-backed startups

$2,500in payment fee credits, for your first year

  • Platform feesWaived for 12 months
  • IncorporationState fees only
  • Company managementFirst year free
  • Office hoursIncluded
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Cedar for Startups.

For venture-backed startups: $2,500 in payment fee credits and no platform fees for your first year, and the company side at cost.

  • $2,500 in payment fee creditsThe whole fee on card and bank payments through Cedar, card network costs included, for your first twelve months.
  • No platform fees for your first yearTwelve months without the platform fee, from the day you join Cedar.
  • Incorporation at costForm your company with Cedar and pay only the state's fees. Nothing on top.
  • Your first year of Company management, freeRegistered agent, annual reports and your filing calendar, on us for twelve months.
  • Office hours with our teamTime with the people who build Cedar, for your integration and your launch.
Who qualifies
Startups backed by venture investors, from pre-seed on, wherever the founders are.
How to apply
A short form with a few details about your company. We'll verify your application.
After your first year
Standard pricing, the same as every business on Cedar, once the year is up or the credits are used.

Questions from founders.

Anything else? Book a call with us.

Who can join Cedar for Startups?

Startups backed by venture investors. Apply with your company, give us a few details and we'll verify your application.

What do the $2,500 in credits cover?

The whole fee on card and bank payments your customers make through Cedar, card network costs included. They last twelve months from the day you join Cedar, or until the $2,500 is used, whichever comes first. Then standard pricing starts.

We haven't incorporated yet. Can we still apply?

Yes. Form the company with Cedar and you pay only the state's fees, then your first year of Company management is free.

We're based outside the US. Can we join?

Yes, wherever your founders are. You need a US company to take payments on Cedar: bring the one you have, or form a Delaware C-corp with Cedar at the state's fees and start taking payments from US customers.

Not venture-backed?

Cedar is for every startup. The program is for venture-backed ones, and everything else on this page works the same for you.

Is there a test mode?

Yes. Take test payments, check your webhooks and try the API before we ask for a single document, then switch to live keys.

Can we take subscriptions?

Yes, recurring card and bank payments at a fixed amount and schedule. Your app decides who has access. Usage-based billing, trials and plan changes aren't built yet.

We're on Stripe. Can we move?

You can start new checkouts on Cedar today. Moving saved cards and existing subscriptions from Stripe isn't available yet.

Start building.

Apply for Cedar for Startups, or book a call and we'll get your first payment live with you.

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